- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like Quotes
Quotes on what people like and why.
These quotes explore liking something, or coming around to it later - one describes disliking Jane Austen before eventually appreciating her work, while another reflects on early interest in mathematics over computers. Related browsing includes Know Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew that the UFC and that mixed martial arts in general was going to prosper because I was extremely selfish and cocky, and I thought: 'Hey, if I like it, everyone's gonna like it.' Well, it came to fruition, and I chose a character that was not a far departure from myself at all.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
A guy like Ric Flair at 49 could go out and do his character. A guy 49 going out and doing Goldberg again - I don't know what the odds are.
- Art Student
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was an art student in the early 60's before the acid scene began I was smoking pot just like anyone else who was an artist.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is the hedgerows... We're reaching the point where a lot of the English countryside looks just like Iowa - just kind of open space.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to go and start trying to make jokes in places like India, Tanzania or Iraq. Afghanistan is not a funny place.
- Odd
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.
- Research
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to do books in which a lot of the research and the writing and the thinking revolves around something American.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most chartreuse recipes call for one bird, a fat one, like a pigeon or a partridge, secreted inside the casing, a vegetable mold, which is then turned out onto a plate.
- Favorite Part
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite part of podcasting is running my mouth for an hour. The only time I don't like it is when I'm off. Then that hour feels like a day and a half.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020